Postmaster Schroeder Announces New Postal Rates
Postmaster Milton Schroeder announced rate increases effective August 1 for all mail classes. First class letters rise to four cents per ounce, cards to three cents, domestic air mail to seven cents. third class up to three cents for two ounces, book rate to nine cents per pound. From August 1 to November 1 unpaid mail will be accepted, with five cent penalty after November 1 for short paid mail.
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Milton Schroeder
Robert W Dalrymple Dies Cleaning Gun in Willits
Robert W Dalrymple a Willits California man died from a gunshot wound at his Mendocino street home while cleaning firearms. He was alone at the time and employed as a shipping clerk at Industrial Plywood in Willits. He was born June 10 1928 in Coquille Oregon and served in the US Air Force. Surviving are his widow Dale his brothers Mason Earl Wilson John Dale and others and sisters Esther Ritchie Florence Osgood Edna Marshall Edythe Frenier. Funeral services were held July 29 at Mills Mortuary Coos Bay with American Legion Post No 4 conducting the rites. Interment followed at Ocean View Memorial Gardens Coos Bay.
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Robert W Dalrymple
Willits
Calif
Mendocino Street
Dalrymple
Coquille Valley Golf Club
Dalrympe
Nowlin SD
Coquille High
U.S Air Force
Hamilton Air Force Base
Dale
Mason
Earl
Wilson
John
Coquille
Snoqualmie
Wash
Esther Ritchiin
Florence Osgood
Edna Marshall
Edythe Frenier
Santa Clara
Tn American Legion
Willis
Coquille Valley
Oregon Civil Rights Progress Report and Challenges
Oregon civil rights administrator Mark A. Smith cites steady progress under the fair employment practices law with merit-based hiring and promotion for non whites. He notes residential segregation as the most vexing issue and urges education and legislation to expand equal opportunity in housing and skilled occupations.
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Salem
Oregon
Mark A. Smith
Smith
FEP
Community Intergroup Council
Bureau of War
Ashland
Eugene
Kla
Math Falls
Hillsboro
Madras
Norman Nilsen
Bureau of Labor
Nilsen
Civil Rights Division
Coos County Receives 2nd Highest Predatory Animal Funds
Coos county will obtain 2143 dollars from the 30000 dollars state grant for predatory animal control for the year ending June 30 1859. The program runs jointly with federal aid and requires county matching funds. Douglas led with 2857 dollars.
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L Coos Co
Coos County
State Department of Agriculture
Knickerbocker
Department
U.S Fish and Wildlife Service
Douglas
Bread Bakers to Vie For Valuable Prizes
The Coos County bread baking contest offers prizes from several sponsors including seven cartons of Red Star yeast and seven 25 pound bags of Spreckles Sugar. Fisher's Flouring Mills Seattle offers five 10 pound bags of Fisher's Blend Flour. Open to all residents of Coos County, the contest tempts both women and men with the promise of bread and spread for months.
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C J Schueback
Spreckles Sugar Company
San Francisco
Avis IL
Larson
Grocery Products Division
Thommen
Fisher's Flouring Mills Company
Seattle
Wash
Coos County
Monks Pleads to End Gladiator Shows Ended by Crowd
A lone East Christian monk Telemachus climbs into a vast arena to halt brutal games where Senators and patricians watch. He pleads Thou shalt not kill but is stoned by the crowd. The incident shocks spectators and legends say it sparked calls to end the spectacles.
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Telemachus
Therm
Rome
France
Italy
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Schroeder
Hwiland Theatre
Dianne William Keenan Foster
Sanarkand
Nace Bone, Golor $Y of Luxe
Sabu
Re S
Unday
Poe
James Garner
Erotara
Cuoutsau
Mulats
Gerug Francis Lederer
Hobma Eberhardt
Robert W. Dalrymple
Paul Harvey
Caesar Augustus
Constantine
David
Christ
Usda Choice
C&h
Yakima
Thompson
van Camp
Stokely
Stokelys
Yoo
South
Myrtle Point
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